The Desert Spear

Executive Summary: Another enjoyable entry with some great character development and world building on what was a promising start in [b:The Warded Man 3428935 The Warded Man (Demon Cycle, #1) Peter V. Brett https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1354571949s/3428935.jpg 6589794].Audiobook: Pete Bradbury does another good job here. I like the way he reads, and so far his volume has been good in these books, which was my main issue with him in the past.Full ReviewAhmann Jardir is an asshole. I mean how can you not think so after his brief, but memorable appearance in [b:The Warded Man 3428935 The Warded Man (Demon Cycle, #1) Peter V. Brett https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1354571949s/3428935.jpg 6589794]? Of course like most things in life, everything isn't quite as black and white as they first seem.In the book we learn about his past, much like we learned about Arlen, Leesa and Rojer in the first book. It gives us more insight into why exactly he did what he did. I'm not sure I still like him as a person. I guess he's a nicer/more reasonable asshole than most of the people who taught him to be that way? You'll have to judge for yourself.I was happy to see that the entire book wasn't about him. We get a lot of the characters I really liked in the first book, albeit not until later in the book.In addition this book has some really great world building in terms of history, expansion of our knowledge of magic/wards, and the demon threat to humanity.Much like the last book this book had a few elements I really didn't care for. At one point I was screaming at my book. I'm still not entirely certain some events were necessary as written. I feel they could have been less graphic. I think the character/plot development he got out of it calmed me down a lot by the end of the book though. I'm especially curious to see where Renna's character goes in the later books.I'd be rushing right into [b:The Daylight War 9268487 The Daylight War (Demon Cycle, #3) Peter V. Brett https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1360777092s/9268487.jpg 14150105] if not for some other big audiobook releases coming out tomorrow. Once I finish those I'll be right back to this series though.